Fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2013 blockbuster voting rights decision has reached the justices in two multimillion-dollar battles over attorney fees.
If the high court agrees to step into either fight, the justices could be drawn into a debate over who qualifies as a “prevailing party” under the fee provision in the Voting Rights Act that’s designed to encourage private enforcement of the voting guarantees in the Constitution.
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